The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-07
In the House.

In the House to-day the Huff bill for
permanent penitentiary was again taken up.
Mr.. Huff Unen offered another amendment
providing that the provisions of the bill
snail not 20 into effect until voted upon and
ratified by the people of Georgia. He wanted
the people TO say whether they desired
change in the system. and felt satisfied that
IT would be perfectly safe to leave the ques-
ton to them. He afterward withdrew his
amendment.
Mr.. Harrison moved that the committee
report tine bill back, with a recommendation
that it do not pass.
Mr.. Terrell, of Meriwether, moved as a
substitute that the bill be reported favor
ably.
The motion of Mr. Terrell was lost and
the one Of Mr.. Harrison was adopted by a
vote of 81 to 81.
The bill vas then reported unfavorably
and read for the third time.
The amendment offered by the committee
to require the lessees to house and confine
white and colored convicts separately was
adopted.
Mr.. Henry, of Chattooga, offered an
amendment To the twenty-seyenth section
TO strike ont the word felony and insert
'misdemeanor, and strike out zone to five
years" and insert punishable under section
1910 Of the Code This was lost
Mr.. Belner, Of Monroe. called the pre-
vious question on the bill which was sus-
tanned by vote of 13 to 80.
MR. HUFFs PARTING voLLEY.
Under the rule, Mr.. Huff concluded the
debate i'll a twenty minutes speech. Mr..
Huff said that he had said nothing that he
wished to take back If he had it to say
again he would say it a hundred times
stronger. Nv hen made the proposition to
put the question to the people, could see
young men crawling under their desks
They are afraid OF Joe Brown and his gang
call the present system an Infamous sys-
TEN, and mean every word | say. These
young men, who were in their swadding
clothes when this Infamous swindling sys-
tenn was put On the State, are here to-day
bowling their heads 10 Joe Brown and his
nefallous gang of money-changers. Some
of them want TO be Solicitors and the others
want 20 90 10 Congress ! hope that they
viii get left, and | believe that they will :"
Mr. West, OF Habersham, stated that he
had voted against the bill and did it from
honest motives. He objected TO the Ian
guage used
Mr. Huff said that no gentleman can feel
hurt il the cap does not fit him. He said
that some men denied that Joe Brown in
huenced them, when it was known that
they were skilmishing around with free
tickets in their pockets, riding on Joe
Browns champagne excursions. Some of
the gentlemen don't understand me- and
don't want to understand me-
BOUND TO BE HEARD
He had spent his time and his money get
ting up evidence, and if the Legislature
would not let him be heard in the House,
they would hear from him on the outside.
He asked them to allow his bill to 90 to the
people and they refused him. Are they
afraid of the peJpleg 1t looked as though
they We're. He dared them to submit the
question to the people. They even re-
fused to put certain restrictions specified in
his bill about the system. Even the gentle
man from Qutman, MIR. HARRISON who
had fought the bill in and out of the com
mittee favored some of the sections, but the
House was opposed to considering them
This was not his bill. 1t was bill faVora-
bly, reported by every member of the com
mittee.
On motion of Mr.. Harrison, of Quitman,
the bill and pending amendments was re
committed
At the afternoon session bills were put on
third reading.
The bill to provide and make certain the
fees of clerks of Superior or City Courts
passed.
The bill to prohibit the running of excur-